Readings & Films · Lecture Notes
- Instructor
- Dr. Peter McMurray
- Term
- Spring 2015
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 exam · 1 reading · 9 other files · 3 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 21M.289 Islam/Media, Spring 2015, Dr. Peter McMurray — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Before you start
Prerequisites are not listed here. Check MIT's own syllabus for this course.
How this course was organized
What's here, and what isn't
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Materials by section
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Projects
9 files
- MFA Visit Response Questions Download
- Final Project Assignment Download
- Project 1 Assignment: Response to the Qur'an and Sunnah Traditions Download
- Project 1 sample: Review of Omar The Epic Series and Selective Comparison to The Message Download
- Project 1 sample: Understanding the Temporal Contexts of Islam through the Qur'an and Hadiths Download
- Project 2 Assignment: Response to Islamic Art Download
- Project 2 sample: Expanding Beyond the Text Download
- Sample Student Response #1 to MFA Visit Download
- Sample Student Response #2 to MFA Visit Download
Study Materials
Course outline
Readings & Films · Lecture Notes
Lecture 2: Week 2. The Qur’an: Message and Medium, I
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Lecture 4: Week 3. The Qur’an: Message and Medium, II
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Lecture 6: Week 4. Message and Messenger
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Lecture 8: Week 5. Memory Transmission: Sunnah and Hadith
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Lecture 10: Week 6. Visual Islam: Writing
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Lecture 12: Week 7. Visual Islam: Art and Architecture
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Lecture 14: Week 9. Aural Islam: Poetry and Soundscapes
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Lecture 16: Week 10. Pilgrimage, Travel, and Gender
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Lecture 18: Week 11. Jihadist Circulations
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Lecture 19: Week 12. Muslim Media I: Protest
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Lecture 21: Week 13. Muslim Media II: Islam in the Media
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Lecture 23: Week 14. Conclusion: Islam as Discourse Network?
MIT OpenCourseWare, Dr. Peter McMurray, 21M.289 Islam/Media, Spring 2015.
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